doping

noun

dop·​ing ˈdō-piŋ 

: the use of a substance (such as an anabolic steroid or erythropoietin) or technique (such as blood doping) to illegally improve athletic performance

Examples of doping in a Sentence

increased efforts to detect doping at the Olympic Games

Recent Examples on the Web

Sinner was playing in his first tournament since winning the Australian Open in January after serving a three-month doping ban, but the 23-year-old already looks close to his best. —Matias Grez, CNN Money, 19 May 2025

Sinner had come back seamlessly from a three-month doping ban, while Alcaraz was coming off three clay finals in a row. —Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025

Sinner won a bizarre semifinal in his first tournament back from a three-month doping ban, while Alcaraz triumphed in a sloppy duel. —Sam Settleman, New York Times, 17 May 2025

Its 82nd edition was supposed to be all about the return of world No. 1 Jannik Sinner after a three-month doping ban. —Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing doping

• blood doping

Rhymes for doping

• coping
• groping
• hoping
• loping
• moping
• oping
• roping
• scoping
• sloping
• stoping

Medical Definition

doping

noun

dop·​ing ˈdō-piŋ 

: the use of a substance (such as an anabolic steroid or erythropoietin) or technique (such as blood doping) to improve athletic performance and that is typically banned in competitive sports

… nearly two dozen athletes … have been banned from the Olympics in the last two weeks for doping violations.

—Philip Hersh, The Chicago Tribune